Bob Goldham

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Flag of Canada (1921–1957) .svg  Bob Goldham Ice hockey player
Bob Goldham
Date of birth May 12, 1922
place of birth Georgetown , Ontario , Canada
date of death September 6, 1991
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Golden boy
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1939-1941 Toronto Marlboros
1941-1942 Hershey Bears
Toronto Maple Leafs
1942-1945 Royal Canadian Navy
1945-1947 Toronto Maple Leafs
1947-1950 Chicago Black Hawks
1950-1956 Detroit Red Wings

Robert John "Bob" Goldham (born May 12, 1922 in Georgetown , Ontario , † September 6, 1991 in Toronto , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player and sports commentator who, in the course of his active career between 1939 and 1956, among other things, 716 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . During his twelve seasons in the NHL Goldham won a total of five Stanley Cups  - of which in 1942 and 1947 twice with the Toronto Maple Leafs and in 1952 , 1954 and 1955 three times with the Detroit Red Wings. In addition, he was once appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team and took part in the NHL All-Star Game six times .

Career

Goldham learned to play ice hockey in his hometown Georgetown in the province of Ontario , then to get to the traditional junior team of the Toronto Marlboros via the subclass teams of the Ontario Hockey Association . There the defender played in the OHA between 1939 and 1941.

As a result, the defender came under in the American Hockey League , where he - in addition to a game for the Washington Lions  - played with the Hershey Bears . There he impressed so much during the 1941/42 season that he was not only elected to the AHL Second All-Star Team , but was also included in the squad of the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League . With the Leafs he made his debut during the season and was in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1942 , at the end of which Toronto won the trophy of the same name , an integral part. The steep career ascent Goldhams however, was only the Second World War cut short because it's between 1942 and 1945 military service in the Royal Canadian Navy ableistete.

It was not until the 1945/46 season that the Canadian returned to the NHL and the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the next two years he made a name for himself in the league as one of the first players to specifically block shots with their bodies. Although he missed the rest of the 1946/47 game year due to an arm injury in December 1946 , he finally won his second Stanley Cup with the team. Then he was transferred in November 1947 together with Gus Bodnar , Bud Poile , Gaye Stewart and Ernie Dickens to league rivals Chicago Black Hawks , who in return gave Max Bentley and Cy Thomas to Toronto.

In Chicago, the defender developed into one of the best defenders in the league over the next three years, and was consequently nominated for the All-Star Games in 1949 and 1950 . At the time of the NHL All-Star Games in 1950, Goldham was already a member of the reigning Stanley Cup winner Detroit Red Wings , after having been part of the largest transfer business in NHL history in July 1950. While the Red Wings secured the services of Goldham, Jim Henry , Gaye Stewart and Metro Prystai , the Chicago Black Hawks received the players Al Dewsbury , Harry Lumley , Jack Stewart , Don Morrison and Pete Babando . At the Detroit Red Wings, the Canadian finally found a sporting home for the following six seasons. In 1952 , 1954 and 1955 he won the Stanley Cup three more times. He took part in the NHL All-Star Game just as often. In addition, the defensive specialist was appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team at the end of the 1954/55 season . After losing in the final series of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1956 against the Canadiens de Montréal , Goldham ended his active career at the age of 34.

After his career, Goldham remained connected to ice hockey and was active in the 1970s as an expert on the broadcasts of Hockey Night in Canada on the TV station CBC . He died in September 1991 at the age of 69 in Toronto, his adopted home . For his services to ice hockey in Canada, Goldham was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame of Canadian Sports in 2015 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1938/39 Toronto Ostrander Jewels TMHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1939/40 Northern Vocationals OHA-B 9 8th 8th 16 12 4th 2 2 4th 11
1939/40 Toronto Ostrander Jewels TMHL 1 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
1939/40 Toronto Marlboros OHA 19th 11 11 22nd 9 8th 3 4th 7th 30th
1940/41 Toronto Marlboros OHA 14th 13 9 22nd 55 12 11 13 24 22nd
1941/42 Washington Lions AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1941/42 Hershey Bears AHL 34 7th 10 17th 44 - - - - -
1941/42 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 19th 4th 7th 11 25th 13 2 2 4th 31
1942/43 Toronto Navy OHA-Sr. 12 1 6th 7th 29 - - - - -
1942/43 Victoria Navy BCDHL - - - - - 3 0 3 3 2
1943/44 Cornwallis Navy NSDHL 8th 6th 9 15th 9 - - - - -
1943/44 Toronto Ostrander Jewels TMHL 1 0 0 0 5 - - - - -
1944 Cornwallis Navy Allan Cup 11 4th 7th 11 12
1944/45 Cornwallis Navy NSSHL 12 2 9 11 4th 2 0 1 1 4th
1945/46 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 49 7th 14th 21st 44 - - - - -
1946/47 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 11 1 1 2 10 - - - - -
1947/48 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 7th 0 5 5 16 - - - - -
1947/48 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 38 2 9 11 38 - - - - -
1948/49 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 60 1 10 11 43 - - - - -
1949/50 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 67 2 10 12 57 - - - - -
1950/51 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 5 18th 23 31 6th 0 1 1 2
1951/52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 0 14th 14th 24 8th 0 1 1 8th
1952/53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 1 13 14th 32 6th 1 1 2 2
1953/54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 1 15th 16 50 12 0 2 2 2
1954/55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 1 16 17th 14th 11 0 4th 4th 4th
1955/56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 3 16 19th 32 10 0 3 3 4th
OHA total 33 24 20th 44 64 20th 14th 17th 31 52
AHL total 42 7th 15th 22nd 60 - - - - -
NHL overall 650 28 143 171 400 66 3 14th 17th 53

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jim Amodeo: Hockey Then & Now: An Honor for Bob Goldham. hockeythenandnow.com, June 29, 2011, accessed December 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Detroit Red Wings Legends: Bob Goldham. greatesthockeylegends.com, February 2009, accessed December 29, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Goldham, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldham, Robert John; Golden Boy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Georgetown , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1991
Place of death Toronto , Ontario